School reform taking shape
Lewiston Sun-Journal, April 4, 2007
(excerpt) The working version of the school consolidation plan will mandate most school systems with less than 2,500 students merge with neighboring systems.
The plan, developed by a subcommittee of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee, is based on models offered by the Legislature's Education Committee and Gov. John Baldacci. It is a middle ground between the two proposals.
Subcommittee recommendations call for school officials to decide which systems would merge, although the Department of Education will provide models. Schools in "unique geographic situations," such as islands, Native American schools and those in isolated communities will be excluded from the mandate, according to a news release from the department.
The new units will need to be in place by July 1, 2008, the release states. They will be governed like the school administrative districts, using a "one person, one vote" principle, with several methods of representation allowed.
(excerpt) The working version of the school consolidation plan will mandate most school systems with less than 2,500 students merge with neighboring systems.
The plan, developed by a subcommittee of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee, is based on models offered by the Legislature's Education Committee and Gov. John Baldacci. It is a middle ground between the two proposals.
Subcommittee recommendations call for school officials to decide which systems would merge, although the Department of Education will provide models. Schools in "unique geographic situations," such as islands, Native American schools and those in isolated communities will be excluded from the mandate, according to a news release from the department.
The new units will need to be in place by July 1, 2008, the release states. They will be governed like the school administrative districts, using a "one person, one vote" principle, with several methods of representation allowed.
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